World news about “Poverty” published by euronews.
Children face misery in SyriaA boy pushes a cart carrying his brothers along a street a in Deir al-Zor. REUTERS/Khalil Ashaw 22/04/2013
Girls in a wastelandTwo girls stand in a rubbish tip filled with waste, near the southern Yemeni province of Taiz. Yemen ranked 160th in the United Nations Human Development… 03/04/2013
Haiti gets colourful makeover – nocomment Jalousie, one of Haiti’s biggest shanty towns, has been getting a psychedelic makeover as an artistic homage to the 2010 earthquake. The $1.4 million effort… 27/03/2013
The Chavez Legacy When Hugo Chavez first came to power in Venezuela in 1999, he faced the difficult task of dealing with a high level of poverty and crime in the country. His… 10/03/2013
Life among the deadBratislav Stojanovic, a homeless man, sits on a grave that is now his home in the southern Serbian town of Nis. Stojanovic, 43, has never had a regular job… 13/02/2013
Haiti: Rebuilding education According to the UN, the earthquake in Haiti killed around 230,000 people, made a million people homeless and leveled many schools. The response to one of… 25/01/2013
Slum scene in IslamabadA girl cries while she stands behind a torn makeshift curtain at the entrance of her house in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra 09/01/2013
Is Europe turning its back on its poor? As poverty continues to rise, the European Food Aid Programme for the Most Deprived is under threat. This could affect some 18 million people. Euronews… 04/01/2013
Europe’s poverty boomPoverty is not only shaking EU countries such as Greece, Spain and Portugal but also the euro zone’s biggest economies. France’s Socialist prime minister… 12/12/2012
Is Europe abandoning its poor? Today we have a question from Tom in Paris: “Hello, I read somewhere recently that the European food aid programme for the poor could disappear. What… 26/10/2012
Reduced funds for Europe’s needy The EU is planning to reduce its assistance for people living in extreme hardship, replacing one aid fund for another with a smaller budget. The new Aid to… 24/10/2012
Spanish crisis dragging more into homelessness Every day, Spain sinks a little deeper into crisis. And many Spaniards are caught up in the vicious circle with unemployment figures topping 24 percent… 18/07/2012
EU development aid falls After a decade of steady increases, EU development aid fell for the first time last year, latest figures from the OECD show. Collectively, the bloc gave… 04/04/2012
Brussels homeless battle big freeze It’s cold, very cold in Europe. The number of people who have died over the last few days because of the freezing conditions, especially in central and… 03/02/2012
Homeless facing cold all over EuropeThe cold scouring Europe, down to a bone crunching 30 degrees Celsius in some places - is killing people who have no homes. Many of the more than 100 recent… 02/02/2012
Eviction protests in Philippines shanty townAnti-riot police take cover behind shields after residents threw a Molotov cocktail during the demolition of shanties in a village in San Juan city, near… 12/01/2012
A wage for living It is Christmas time again. Despite the crisis, British people are spending nearly 84 billion euros on seasonal shopping, up 1 per cent from last year. But… 22/12/2011
Filipinos protest against poverty – nocomment Filipino police used batons and water cannon to disperse hundreds of students and workers attempting to occupy an historic bridge in Manila to voice their… 08/12/2011
Trickle down — forget it Another nail has been driven into the coffin of the theory that if the rich became richer wealth would trickle down to the poor. Research by the… 05/12/2011
Sponsored mass weddingAuthorities in Makassar, South Sulawesi, have sponsored a mass wedding for about 400 mostly lower-income couples, aged between 20 and 72 years old… 20/11/2011
Cuts that threaten to starve European food aid Every morning, Arnaud Langlais and his team scour the stalls at the biggest wholesale fruit and vegetable market in Europe, Rungis in France. Their main aim… 20/10/2011
Obama deficit plan rejected by Republicans President Barack Obama has unveiled plans to cut the massive US deficit by trillions – with at least half the savings coming from higher tax revenue… 19/09/2011
UK: travellers to be evicted at the Dale FarmThe daughter of a traveller carries cases at the Dale Farm traveller site, near Billericay in southern England. Bailiffs were expected to begin clearing the… 19/09/2011
US poverty level reaches record high Nearly one in six Americans are living in poverty. That is the result of the US Census Bureau’s annual report. The 2010 data revealed a record 46.2 million… 14/09/2011
UK jobless figures up fastest in two years The number of people unemployed in the UK had its sharpest rise for nearly two years. The figures from the Office for National Statistics showed the numbers… 14/09/2011
Displaced people continue to flood into Somalia’s Puntland – nocomment Displaced people from the Bay region continued to flood into Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland on Tuesday (September 6) with tales of hunger and… 07/09/2011
France’s poor get poorer Increasing numbers of French people are living in poverty and the country is suffering rising inequality, according to the latest figures from the French… 30/08/2011
Homeless Football World Cup starts in Paris – nocomment The Homeless World Cup unites 64 countries aiming to fight homelessness through football. The founders want to use sport as a means to promote social… 22/08/2011
Somali refugees flee to Kenya – nocomment As more refugees arrive into Kenya fleeing from a drought that has ben said to be the worst to hit the region of Africa in the last 60 years, relief… 01/08/2011
Drought causes thousands to flee Somalia – nocomment Tens of thousands of Somali refugees are flooding camps in Ethiopia and Kenya in search of food after several seasons without rain decimated livestock and… 18/07/2011
How do we stop the world going hungry? To get some perspective on the problems of rising food prices and the effect this is having worldwide, euronews spoke to Laurent Levard of GRET, an NGO that… 22/06/2011
Bath from a broken water pipe in a Noida slumA man bathes from a broken water pipeline in a Noida slum, located in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. REUTERS/Parivartan Sharma 10/06/2011
No spring for Moldova Economic distress and frozen conflict on the borders of the European Union. After 20 years, Moldova, the poorest country in Europe, still seems unable to come… 23/05/2011
Are some countries more disaster-prone than others? These are the questions you asked Patrick Savidan: 1- Do disasters affect poor countries more than rich countries? 2- Is it inevitable that natural… 09/05/2011
Man wades neck-deep in sea water filled with debrisA man wades in neck-deep water filled with debris while searching for valuable items after a fire in Malabon city, north of Manila. REUTERS/Erik de Castro 07/04/2011
Low cost learning is priceless Low cost schools are a new educational trend which is making a big impact in developing countries. The growth of these schools shows how fostering economic… 21/03/2011
Algeria, craving a peaceful evolution Is Algeria primed for its own revolution? With a decade of civil war behind them, Algerians want nothing of the violence of the 1990s. But frustration with… 10/03/2011
Getting help to Somalia against the odds Somalia is facing a dire humanitarian crisis, according to the UN. Almost 30 percent – or two million – of its long-suffering people need aid to survive… 13/01/2011
Death in Morocco The landscape is scattered with coal mines and death rules in the mines around Jerada in Morocco. A donkey driver leads us to one of the mines in the east of… 03/12/2010
Food security in Guatemala In Guatemala, religion, culture and farming are intertwined. Ancient legend explains why maize still has symbolic status here as well as being a staple part… 05/11/2010
EU helps tackle water wars in Africa Across northeast Africa, an enduring shortage of water has resulted in extreme poverty and generations of conflict. The region – also known as the Horn of… 29/10/2010
The scandal of child poverty in Europe Across Europe, whole families – children, parents and grandparents – find it hard to escape poverty as it is passed on from one generation to another. The… 22/10/2010
Economist Jeffrey Sachs warns of high price of ignoring poverty One of the most respected figures at the recent UN Millennium Development Goals review summit was US economist Jeffrey Sachs. He heads the Earth Institute… 11/10/2010
Fighting for survival in the Central African Republic This week Reporter visits one of the world’s poorest countries. The Central African Republic is described as a failed state in permanent crisis; it is deeply… 30/07/2010
Operation to clear Rio’s favelas underwayIt is a while yet until the 2014 Football World Cup – and even longer until the next Olympic Games in 2016. But police in Brazil, where both events are due… 03/03/2013
Germany plans action against “poverty” immigrationGermany wants to take measures to combat an increasing number of Bulgarian and Romanian immigrants. The government is calling for sanctions on a European… 20/02/2013
Bhutan focuses on Gross National HappinessThe tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan is making waves with its radical approach to measuring development. Instead of, as in the rest of the world, measuring… 08/01/2013
US First Lady joins Toys for Tots Christmas driveThe US First Lady has done her bit for the annual “Toys for Tots” campaign that collects Christmas gifts for poorer families. Michelle Obama joined military… 12/12/2012
Skint and hungry: foodbanks on the rise in the UKThe number of foodbanks or soup kitchens in the UK are growing at an alarming rate as the economic downturn claims more and more victims. As many as 13… 05/12/2012
UN report stresses importance of family planningDeveloping countries could save more than 8.5 billion euros a year if family planning was made available to everyone, according to the United Nations… 15/11/2012
French mayor goes on hunger strike for state aidThe mayor of a small town near Paris has gone on hunger strike and pitched a tent outisde parliament to demand emergency funds from the government. Sevran… 12/11/2012
Hundreds brave weather to protest in SpainHundreds of people braved the bad weather in Spain to take to the streets for a “March against Poverty”. The demonstrators have covered 170 kilometres on… 12/11/2012
Food banks squeezed in SpainSister Esperanza Romero runs a soup kitchen in Oviedo, which feeds 300 people a day, many of them from the middle class. Around 100 volunteers help out. … 03/11/2012
Pain in Spain as Red Cross launches appeal to feed the nation’s hungryThe Red Cross in Spain has launched a first ever campaign to raise money to help the hundreds of thousands of Spaniards needing food handouts as the economic… 11/10/2012
India’s poorest march on Delhi to demand land rightsTens of thousands of India’s poorest people are on a monthlong march to Delhi to demand the government provide land for the country’s dispossessed. The… 05/10/2012
Poverty denies human rights: EAPNMaria lives in Portugal. She is 44, her daughter is 13. Divorced and jobless, she used to work as an executive secretary but has been unemployed since 2004… 06/09/2012
‘Robin Hood’ supermarket raid highlights Spain crisisTwo Spanish trade unionists have been released after spending a night in jail over a Robin Hood-style raid on supermarkets. They face prosecution for theft… 10/08/2012
Middle class line up for food handouts in SpainIt is a stark symbol of Spain’s decline. Handouts from the Red Cross are nothing unusual in a poor neighbourhood. But people are now lining up for rice… 27/07/2012
Demand spikes for food handouts in GreeceThe ink may be drying on the composition of Greece’s new government but the immediate future remains bleak for thousands too poor to feed themselves. Some… 20/06/2012
Greek’s fear for the next generationFear and panic. That is the atmosphere which many Greeks believe now pervades their country. Cash machines have been working overtime. Bankers estimate up to… 17/06/2012
Spanish banks keep evictingSpaniards every day protest against eviction from homes – homes bought on credit – credit under terms their banks convinced them were within their means. Most… 14/06/2012
Portugal on thin rationsPortugal seems to be taking austerity steps in the right direction but it is does not have cause to celebrate yet. That was the European Commission’s opinion… 04/04/2012
Greeks who cannot pay for children’s vaccinationsPerama, on the fringes of the Athens port of Piraeus, is a community on the rocks, as unemployment here is 60 percent. It feels gutted by austerity… 30/03/2012
Greece: more turn to charity as austerity bitesAs the economic crisis in Greece leads to more austerity measures, its once proud citizens now find themselves turning to soup kitchens in increasing numbers… 14/02/2012
Homeless teenagers sleep rough in Kiev cold snapIn Kiev teenagers who had been living on the streets have set up temporary home in derelict buildings. Some do not want to be identified and that has caused… 10/02/2012
‘Cold Bus’ offers hope to Berlin’s homelessAs biting cold grips Germany each night, a clergyman sets off on a mission that could mean the difference between life and death for Berlin’s homeless. They… 09/02/2012
Ukraine’s big freeze claims more livesOfficials in Ukraine said 122 people have now died in the country’s coldest winter for six years. Temperatures have dropped as low as minus 33 degrees… 04/02/2012
Ukraine’s big freeze: Heated tents help homelessWhen the temperature is pushing minus 30 degrees Celsius, a heated tent and a meal can mean the difference between life and death. That is exactly what is on… 31/01/2012
Dead homeless man’s secret property portfolioAn Italian homeless man has taken a valuable secret to the grave. Giovanni Valentin died on Christmas Eve from burns received when he lit a fire to keep… 30/12/2011
Homeless in Hungary face jail for sleeping roughJulianna Szvett is one homeless person who will not fall foul of Hungary’s new law fining people who spend the night sleeping rough in public places. She has… 29/12/2011
Poor and homeless get free meals in AthensGreece is in the fourth year of recession and in Athens temporary centres have been at full stretch trying to bring some Christmas cheer to the poor and… 25/12/2011
Russia: poverty breeds election apathyWith elections under way in Russia, the many millions of people living in poverty will be left wondering if the results on the day, will even make a… 02/12/2011
Greece debt woes brings rise in homelessnessThere is increasing alarm that Greece’s debt crisis is forcing more people onto the streets. The Red Cross estimates as many as 20,000 people are sleeping… 29/11/2011
Clashes feared in UK as travellers are evictedIt is Britain’s biggest unauthorised travellers’ site. But the fear is that Dale Farm could turn into a battleground today as bailiffs try to evict dozens… 19/09/2011
EU parliament calls for help for homelessAn Athens-based NGO has described a new type of homeless person thanks to Greece’s debt crisis. They’re not immigrants, drug addicts or the mentally ill… 14/09/2011
Somalia: the Children’s FamineAid workers are calling the humanitarian disaster in Somalia the Children’s Famine. Every 11 weeks in Somalia, ten percent of the country’s under-fives are… 11/08/2011
Urgent appeal for drought victimsThe drought engulfing the Horn of Africa is now the worst humanitarian disaster in the world. That is the opinion of the UN’s refugee chief, Antonio… 10/07/2011
Warnings grow over the future of food pricesFor the vast majority of the world’s population eating is not a problem. But for some, around 15 percent, it is a daily struggle. And it gets worse during… 22/06/2011
Big boost to global vaccination campaignA campaign to vaccinate millions of children in poor countries has received a major boost. Britain and the billionaire Bill Gates have been the first to… 13/06/2011
Algerian dies after setting himself on fireAn Algerian who set fire to himself on Wednesday survived, but another who staged the same sort of protest on Saturday has died of his injuries. Three other… 17/01/2011
Haiti: Fanny Devoucoux, director of ActedFanny Devoucoux is the Director of ACTED, the Agency for technical cooperation and development. This NGO has been in Haiti since 2004. Sophie Desjardin… 11/01/2011
Haiti still struggling a year after the earthquakeLike much of the Haitian capital, the Presidential Palace in Port-au-Prince is still in ruins. Reconstruction in the city has barely got underway, even… 11/01/2011
Daily life in AbidjanThis market in the centre of Abidjan would normally be teeming with people. But as tensions in Ivory Coast have mounted over the past month, fewer people… 04/01/2011
Argentine housing violence: president blames rivalsArgentina’s president has accused her political rivals of stirring up a housing crisis among the poor of Buenos Aires that has led to at least three deaths in… 15/12/2010
Haiti’s cholera deaths expected to riseThe mayor of a small town in Haiti has warned his country faces ‘catastrophe’ as the epidemic of cholera threatens to surge out of control. Pierrelus… 11/11/2010
EU action to end povertyPoverty affects one out of every six people living in the European Union. It has been the subject of Parliamentary reports and much debate, but what is being… 25/10/2010
Focus on global hunger on World Food DayWorld Food Day, which happens every year on 16th October, is intended to focus attention on global hunger. euronews spoke to Hafez Ghanem, an Assistant… 15/10/2010
Little to celebrate at UN Food DayDelegates have gathered in Rome ahead of the 30th World Food Day, and are hearing much more needs to be done if the UN objective of eradicating global hunger… 15/10/2010
UN seeks innovative ways to boost aidHow can we fund the fight against poverty within the context of the global economic crisis? Where can we find the capital to fund the Millennium… 22/09/2010
The headache of UN aid distributionThe age-old question of how to distribute aid once rich countries give it, continues to dog the UN millennium goal summit in New York. Side events held by… 22/09/2010
UN sets 30 billion euros on saving livesWorld leaders want to spend 30 billion euros to help save the lives of women and children over the next five years. A United Nations summit in New York… 22/09/2010
Charity celebrates the centenary of Mother Teresa’s birthThe Missionary of Charity holds a mass in the Indian city of Kolkata to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa founded the… 26/08/2010
Europeans feeling poorerThree quarters of Europeans on average believe that poverty has increased in their country over the past year. The ratio of those who say it is a constant… 22/06/2010
German benefit system ‘unconstitutional’Germany’s top court has ruled that the country’s benefit system for its poorest citizens is unconstitutional. The decision could cost the heavily indebted… 09/02/2010
European Year against PovertyDespite improvements in overall living standards of living in the past decade, one in six Europeans still cannot afford the basics. To spotlight the problem… 11/01/2010
European anti-poverty campaign stresses collective approach2010 is designated the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion, with civil society groups and various governmental agencies aiming to boost… 06/01/2010
EU plans assault on poverty and social exclusion2010 is the “European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion.” The key objectives are to raise awareness and renew the EU’s political commitment to… 18/12/2009
Muslims celebrate Eid al-Adha – if they canIt is celebration time or it is supposed to be for Muslims throughout the Arab world. For Iraq’s Sunnis, today marks the start of Eid al- Adha or feast of… 27/11/2009
German ‘Robin Hood’ banker sentencedWith their bailouts, bad loans and bonuses it may be fair to say bankers aren’t top of everyone’s Christmas card list this year. But, that might not be… 25/11/2009
